SPOKANE, Wash. – A man was bitten by a gopher snake on the Centennial Trail after stepping on it.

As Ventura County heads into the summer, the chance of an encounter with a rattlesnake increases for residents and visitors.

Native to California and the Bay Area ... The key differences to keep are the gopher snake’s glossy skin and more slender head and body. Unlike rattlesnakes, gopher snakes are not venomous. EBRPD’s ...

Ronan the California sea lion helped prove them wrong ... Using Google, McMurrin and her staff determined that the animal was a Pacific gopher snake, which they relocated to an area away from ...

You may also hear it referred to as the blue bull snake, blue indigo snake or blue gopher snake because of its largely friendly relationship with gopher tortoises. Eastern indigo snake populations ...

California has nearly 50 native snake species, including rattlesnakes, the only native venomous snakes in the state. Rattlesnakes are widespread and found in diverse habitats throughout California ...

So when a gopher snake was discovered Saturday in a shipment of Christmas trees being unloaded at a store in Hilo, it sounded alarm bells. “Store staff unloaded about half the container before ...

California has nearly 50 native snake species, including rattlesnakes, the only native venomous snakes in the state. Rattlesnakes are widespread and found in diverse habitats throughout California ...